Grove Road Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Tring, Hertfordshire·HP23 5PD
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#724
In East of England
#192
In Hertfordshire
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
54 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
142
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
1.48 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2378 m
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0720231.0220240.8720250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
454
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,628
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Grove Road Primary School is a primary school serving Tring, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 454 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 94% of the families who made Grove Road Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.48 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Grove Road Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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